The music of Gustav Mahler may have no greater champions than the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra's music director since 2018. The Czech Philharmonic's association with Mahler dates back to 1908, when the composer led the orchestra in the premiere of his Symphony No. 7. Bychkov's passion for this composer's music was kindled during his school days in Leningrad when he heard the Leningrad Philharmonic rehearsing the Symphony No. 3. The Czech Philharmonic, under Václav Neumann, recorded a ...
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The music of Gustav Mahler may have no greater champions than the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra's music director since 2018. The Czech Philharmonic's association with Mahler dates back to 1908, when the composer led the orchestra in the premiere of his Symphony No. 7. Bychkov's passion for this composer's music was kindled during his school days in Leningrad when he heard the Leningrad Philharmonic rehearsing the Symphony No. 3. The Czech Philharmonic, under Václav Neumann, recorded a complete survey of Mahler's symphonies, including the incomplete Symphony No. 10, between 1976 and 1982, and here, Bychkov kicks off a new survey with the Symphony No. 4 in G major. Shorter than the composer's other symphonies and with reduced orchestral scoring, the Fourth Symphony makes a good starting point for this cycle. The first three movements grew out of the finale with its "Das himmlische Leben" song for soprano, depicting a child's view of heaven. This song, set to texts from...
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